Area diamond standouts receive accoladesA host of current Massac County High School baseball and softball standouts recently received several honors, along with one notable MCHS alum. Jordyn Smith, who for the past four years has been a ...

Patriot basketball camp winners are announcedPress Release The 2015 Massac County High School Patriot Basketball Camp was held June 8-12. Incoming second- through ninth-graders were instructed on the sport’s fundamentals by current and former...

Amilinger wins age division in junior golf classicPress Release The Billie Ray Craig Memorial Junior Golf Classic, sponsored by Murphy-Wall State Bank and Trust Company, was held Tuesday, June 9 at the Red Hawk Golf Club in Pinckneyville. The tour...

Giants call up Pope County’s BroadwayAlmost three years ago to the week, I chronicled the parting of the ways of the Atlanta Braves and Michael Allen Broadway. Broadway was a fourth round signee — 137th pick overall — just out of Pope...

Lady Patriots softball splits pair at CentraliaMassac County’s softball team got in their last prep games for this week’s regional tournament action by splitting a pair at Centralia. Saturday’s slate had Massac squaring off against the Green Wa...